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this has been around for a few weeks, not sure why i forgot to post it: youtube video of bono meeting the press after meeting with nyc mayor and billionaire michael bloomberg. bono was talking to him about philanthropy, etc. some in the press were trying to get bono to endorse bloomberg for president, which he is not even running for. (yet). he blah blah blahed his way through it quite well.
bono and ali's fashion partner rogan gregory won the cfda/vogue fashion fund award, which is pretty cool for him.
ministry of sound is running previews of paul oakenfold's biography. huh? what, that's not on your can't wait to read book list? oakenfold toured with u2 during zoo era and there's some stuff on that. a snippet:
The learning curve was steep but deep. “How to build a set, how to work a crowd, the way he commands a room – Oakey learned that from U2,” says his former agent David Levy.
“He was a real student of Bono, on the stage and what went on backstage, socially. He learned consummate professionalism above everything else. No matter what is going on leading up to any particular moment, when Paul steps into the public eye, he’ll switch. He learned what it means to be professional, what it means to build a career."
U2’s Adam Clayton recalls Paul’s willingness to take on board his new surroundings, and learn from Bono and the band. “Paul was focused,” says Adam.
“He really wanted to learn about America; he wanted to learn how to function in that bigger arena. It was exciting seeing someone who was quite clear-headed in recognising what they wanted to do, and how far they wanted to push what they were doing.
"There was an opportunity of being in those American cities, seeing what sort of appetite there was in America for what he was doing, and how he could capitalise on it, I think he made the most of it. He was productive. He’s got staying power – Paul Oakenfold delivers. He was good to have around.”
“Touring with U2 focused Paul’s ambition, and it crystallised Paul’s route to that ambition,” says Marc Marot, [Managing director at U2’s record company, Island].
“He spent a lot of time with five of the most hard-working people that I’ve ever met. I think that’s partly what informed Paul’s work ethic, which is unbelievably strong.
"He talked with U2 extensively over that year about how they broke America. Their method was very simple. They went to America when nobody wanted them, they went back again when nobody wanted them, then they went back again... then when a few people wanted them, they went back again. Then a few more people got into it... until they broke. And that’s what Paul did with dance music.”
more here...
bono and ali's fashion partner rogan gregory won the cfda/vogue fashion fund award, which is pretty cool for him.
ministry of sound is running previews of paul oakenfold's biography. huh? what, that's not on your can't wait to read book list? oakenfold toured with u2 during zoo era and there's some stuff on that. a snippet:
The learning curve was steep but deep. “How to build a set, how to work a crowd, the way he commands a room – Oakey learned that from U2,” says his former agent David Levy.
“He was a real student of Bono, on the stage and what went on backstage, socially. He learned consummate professionalism above everything else. No matter what is going on leading up to any particular moment, when Paul steps into the public eye, he’ll switch. He learned what it means to be professional, what it means to build a career."
U2’s Adam Clayton recalls Paul’s willingness to take on board his new surroundings, and learn from Bono and the band. “Paul was focused,” says Adam.
“He really wanted to learn about America; he wanted to learn how to function in that bigger arena. It was exciting seeing someone who was quite clear-headed in recognising what they wanted to do, and how far they wanted to push what they were doing.
"There was an opportunity of being in those American cities, seeing what sort of appetite there was in America for what he was doing, and how he could capitalise on it, I think he made the most of it. He was productive. He’s got staying power – Paul Oakenfold delivers. He was good to have around.”
“Touring with U2 focused Paul’s ambition, and it crystallised Paul’s route to that ambition,” says Marc Marot, [Managing director at U2’s record company, Island].
“He spent a lot of time with five of the most hard-working people that I’ve ever met. I think that’s partly what informed Paul’s work ethic, which is unbelievably strong.
"He talked with U2 extensively over that year about how they broke America. Their method was very simple. They went to America when nobody wanted them, they went back again when nobody wanted them, then they went back again... then when a few people wanted them, they went back again. Then a few more people got into it... until they broke. And that’s what Paul did with dance music.”
more here...
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